"powerful currents transfer the sediments to deeper water, where they settle on the ocean bed, safely storing the carbon for potentially millions of years."

Rabz

November 24, 2007, 06:51 AM

[quote]"Eventually, powerful currents transfer the sediments to deeper water, where they settle on the ocean, safely storing the carbon for potentially millions of years.
The finding sheds light on a previously unknown "sink," the term for a natural phenomenon that stores greenhouse gas rather than let it be released into the atmosphere. Sinks thus help cool Earth's surface."[unqoute]